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Jim Bolger

James Cyril Bolger (Dutch)

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 23, 1932 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Purcell Marian HS (Cincinnati, OH)
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 24, 1950
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Phillies/Indians/Redlegs/Reds 1950-1959

Final Game: September 18, 1959
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1950 CIN NL 18 LF 2 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0.50 .980 2.40 2.25
1950 CIN NL 18 OF 2 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.30
1954 CIN NL 22 CF 2 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -200 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.75
1954 CIN NL 22 OF 2 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -200 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.35
1955 CHC NL 23 OF 51 44 36 385.1 132 125 1 6 0 .955 5 15 2.94 2.47 .977 2.30 2.28
1955 CHC NL 23 CF 49 44 36 379.1 125 120 1 4 0 .968 5 15 2.87 2.47 .982 2.61 2.59
1955 CHC NL 23 LF 3 0 0 6.0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 0 20 6.00 1.33 .972 2.10 2.03
1957 CHC NL 25 OF 63 55 46 512.2 158 152 4 2 1 .987 1 2 2.74 2.48 .980 2.29 2.31
1957 CHC NL 25 CF 31 30 26 273.2 101 98 2 1 0 .990 2 10 3.29 3.23 .985 2.81 2.83
1957 CHC NL 25 LF 22 20 16 181.0 37 37 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -15 1.84 1.68 .978 2.03 2.05
1957 CHC NL 25 RF 17 5 4 58.0 14 12 1 1 1 .929 1 12 2.02 0.76 .972 1.99 1.99
1957 CHC NL 25 3B 3 2 2 21.0 7 2 3 2 0 .714 -0 -11 2.14 1.67 .951 2.96 2.97
1958 CHC NL 26 OF 37 20 15 178.2 50 46 1 3 0 .940 3 18 2.37 1.27 .980 2.26 2.25
1958 CHC NL 26 LF 28 15 10 126.1 36 35 1 0 0 1.000 3 32 2.56 1.29 .975 2.01 2.00
1958 CHC NL 26 RF 6 3 3 29.0 7 4 0 3 0 .571 -1 -58 1.24 0.67 .979 2.02 2.02
1958 CHC NL 26 CF 5 2 2 23.1 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1 36 3.09 1.60 .986 2.74 2.72
1959 PHI NL 27 OF 9 6 6 57.0 16 15 0 1 0 .938 1 17 2.37 1.67 .977 2.21 2.19
1959 PHI NL 27 LF 7 5 5 47.0 12 11 0 1 0 .917 0 3 2.11 1.57 .971 2.05 2.01
1959 PHI NL 27 CF 1 0 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 300 9.00 2.00 .980 2.70 2.60
1959 PHI NL 27 RF 1 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 30 1.12 1.00 .980 1.91 1.90
6 Seasons OF 164 125 103 1139.2 356 338 6 12 1 .966 8 9 2.72 2.10 .979 2.29 2.28
5 Seasons CF 88 76 64 681.1 236 228 3 5 0 .979 8 13 3.05 2.63 .983 2.70 2.69
5 Seasons LF 62 40 31 363.1 91 88 1 2 0 .978 1 5 2.20 1.44 .976 2.03 2.03
3 Seasons RF 24 9 8 95.0 22 17 1 4 1 .818 -1 -8 1.71 0.75 .975 1.99 1.99
1 Season 3B 3 2 2 21.0 7 2 3 2 0 .714 -0 -11 2.14 1.67 .951 2.96 2.97
7 Seasons TOT 167 127 105 1160.2 363 340 9 14 1 .961 8 8 2.71 2.09 .978 2.30 2.29
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1950 CIN NL 18 LF
1954 CIN NL 22 CF -0 -200 -0 0 -0
1955 CHC NL 23 CF 5 15 7 1 5 -2
1955 CHC NL 23 LF 0 20 0 0 0 0
1957 CHC NL 25 CF 2 10 2 0 2 0
1957 CHC NL 25 LF -2 -15 -2 -2 -0 0
1957 CHC NL 25 RF 1 12 1 1 0 0
1957 CHC NL 25 3B -0 -11 -0 -0 -0 0
1958 CHC NL 26 LF 3 32 3 2 1 0
1958 CHC NL 26 RF -1 -58 -1 -0 -1 0
1958 CHC NL 26 CF 1 36 1 1 0 0
1959 PHI NL 27 LF 0 3 0 0 -0 0
1959 PHI NL 27 CF 0 300 0 0 0 0
1959 PHI NL 27 RF 0 30 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons CF 8 13 10 2 7 -2
5 Seasons LF 1 5 1 1 1 0
3 Seasons RF -1 -8 -1 1 -1 0
1 Season 3B -0 -11 -0 -0 -0 0
7 Seasons TOT 8 8 10 3 7 0 -2

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1950 CIN NL 18 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0
1951 CIN NL 19 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1954 CIN NL 22 5 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1
1955 CHC NL 23 64 44 64 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 49 0 51 0 1 14
1957 CHC NL 25 112 57 112 66 0 0 0 0 3 0 22 31 17 63 0 50 1
1958 CHC NL 26 84 20 84 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 5 6 37 0 57 0
1959 PHI NL 27 35 6 35 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 1 9 0 29 0
1959 CLE AL 27 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
7 Seasons 312 127 312 167 0 0 0 0 3 0 62 88 24 164 0 147 18
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 CIN NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 93% 93% 14% 0
1955 CHC NL 23 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 13 8 0 8 1 0 5 1 1 6 0 0 13 9 0 45 19 42.2% 25 1 2.2% 0 1264 63% 78% 35% 151 66%
1957 CHC NL 25 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 15 8 0 12 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 11 10 0 44 19 43.2% 25 0 0.0% 2 1118 60% 76% 30% 143 66%
1958 CHC NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 101 84% 77% 36% 13 62%
1959 PHI NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 63% 88% 63% 2 100%
5 Seasons 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 30 17 0 21 2 0 5 1 1 12 0 0 25 19 0 93 39 41.9% 53 1 1.1% 2 2505 63% 77% 33% 309 66%
MLB Averages 44.6% 2.7% 63% 81% 30% 59%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1950 CIN NL 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 58% 75% 25% 1 100%
1955 CHC NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 25 56% 88% 36% 2 50%
1957 CHC NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 1 1 0 6 3 0 3 0 0 3 3 0 18 12 66.7% 6 0 0.0% 0 638 59% 79% 26% 52 46%
1958 CHC NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 8 5 62.5% 3 0 0.0% 1 553 61% 76% 33% 48 75%
1959 PHI NL 27 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 7 4 57.1% 3 0 0.0% 0 200 53% 84% 32% 22 50%
5 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 11 9 0 5 2 0 7 3 0 4 1 0 7 7 0 34 22 64.7% 12 0 0.0% 1 1428 59% 79% 30% 125 58%
MLB Averages 57.9% 2.6% 63% 81% 30% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1957 CHC NL 25 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 3 2 1 8 3 37.5% 4 1 12.5% 0 192 55% 74% 30% 17 65%
1958 CHC NL 26 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 3 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 62.5% 3 0 0.0% 0 140 65% 78% 21% 18 22%
1959 PHI NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 43% 75% 39% 1 100%
3 Seasons 4 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 3 1 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 3 2 1 16 8 50.0% 7 1 6.3% 0 360 58% 76% 27% 36 44%
MLB Averages 42.8% 3.3% 63% 81% 30% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1957 CHC NL 25 94 60% 83% 22% 7 57% 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0%
1 Season 94 60% 83% 22% 7 57% 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0%
MLB Averages 63% 81% 27% 89% 65%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1950 NL  born 1932-02-23 (2nd)
1951 NL  born 1932-02-23 (2nd)

                                         

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